Beastmaster of the Ages

House Qitian had been pummeled into place for their arrogance. House Yumo had also been dealt a bad hand and was still badly suffering from their losses. And House Suishen continued breaking apart into two factions—one that benefited the Three Exalted Houses and one that threatened it. The three houses had finally realized how precious their ancestors’ teachings really were after returning to their origins.

”Suishen Ranxing was correct. He has more room to act in the darkness,” Qitian Muyu said.

”Then we’ll send our people out to Skydome!”

***

Tianming obtained the second fold of the Greatsun Suishen Art as Suishen Jiguang and Suishen Xiyue gave him baffled looks. It was simply called a single word: Flood. Suishen Xiyue had demonstrated the move before; in contrast to the first fold, Explode, Flood was a sword strike that could destroy galaxies, especially when paired with a formation of sword totems.

As for the second fold of the Pentagram Suishen Art, it was called Press. Unlike the first fold, Fall, Press seemed to inch in the direction of mountain and sea aspects, using them to suppress enemies. It was an incredibly complex move that boasted an even larger attack range than the Greatsun Suishen Art, capable of pressing down an entire world!

Unlike the Yin-Yang Immemorial Art, these two moves are far more suited to the current me. They’re far easier to practice. Tianming could finally utilize the power of the moves now that he had grown stronger.

”If I improve a little more, I should be able to obtain the third fold just like Auntie. It’ll be much stronger. I’m already a third-level foundationeer, so I can’t use order fragments to boost my cultivation speed anymore. I won’t be able to rise as fast as I did over the past decades. I have to accept it and focus on improving myself at a steady pace one step after another!

”Even though I’ve shaken Myriadpath Valley and gained immense status as their future hope, I can’t let it go to my head or forget that I’m still unable to defeat tenth-level eminents. There’s at least a hundred people here who are stronger than I am!”

The mountains he had to overcome were the tenth level, minor zenith, and major zenith. Those were crucial steps, and he was clear on every single one of them.

”Did you succeed again?” Suishen Jiguang’s eyes brightened at the sight of the youth, not knowing what else to say.

”It’s no wonder everyone calls you a monster. Even geniuses of Myriadpath Valley appear like trash when compared to you,” Suishen Xiyue said. She had been a minor and major pathkeeper in her own time, and even she had been completely convinced by her son-in-law’s talent.

She still hadn’t managed to obtain the Greatsun Suishen Art’s third fold yet, but he was already catching up to her! Then again, the third fold was much harder than the first two.

”Well, you already have the moves in your memory, so you should go back to Suishen Cave and ponder their intricacies. From now on, you and Yaoyao should move to the Jiguang Sea,” Suishen Xiyue said, deciding how their household affairs should work out.

Right as Tianming was about to nod, a silver butterfly appeared by his ear and said, ”It was... just as... you expected.”

”Did they make their move?” Tianming’s eyes immediately turned cold.

”Yes, they’re... already on... their way!” Yin Chen said.

”Hehe.” Tianming couldn’t stifle his laughter. ”They could’ve gone the easy way, but they chose the hard way instead.”

He’d immediately noticed that Suishen Ranxing had vanished without returning to Suishen Cave. It was clear that he had been summoned. Yin Chen wasn’t able to tail him, so it had no way of knowing who he was going to meet, nor what he was going to talk about.

But when people left the sealed Yumo Cave and Qitian Cave toward the Myriadpath Celestial Formation at the very same moment, Tianming immediately concluded that the valley lord had identified his mundus of origin.

”How many are there?”

”Twenty eminents... Yumo Dinai... and Qitian... Muyue are... leading them.”

”Another twenty, eh?” Killing intent flashed in Tianming’s eyes. They had sent twenty eminents, but they were much stronger ones than before, with two of them even being major-zenith foundationeers!

”They’re going to take my family and friends hostage.... The Three Exalted Houses actually stooped to such underhanded methods, but I’ve seen through them all along!” The three leaders had truly gone all out in this operation.

”Looks like the battle still hasn’t ended. Auntie already fought a lot today, so it’s my turn!” Tianming had only killed Suishen Jinxuan during the battle. He hadn’t gone all out since his recent breakthrough!

The group of eminents had just arrived at the Myriadpath Celestial Formation. They had made sure to travel separately and discreetly, managing to avoid detection from others. But little did they know that Tianming had billions of eyes all over Myriadpath Valley. Any place that wasn’t completely sealed off by formations could be infiltrated by Yin Chen, who would have a full view of their machinations!

Wasting time would be like risking the lives of his loved ones. Tianming had already figured out how he would deal with Suishen Jiguang and his mother-in-law. Apart from the matter with the Mistrunner, which was a bit awkward to come clean about, he would reveal everything else to them, including his trump cards. How would they be able to appropriately protect him otherwise?

Right as they were about to take him back to Suishen Cave, he earnestly looked at them and said, ”I need to go back home. It’s urgent.”

”Urgent?” Suishen Xiyue looked at Suishen Jiguang, then back at Tianming. ”Are you sure it’s urgent?”

”Something might happen to my family,’ Tianming said, rage seething.

Even though they didn’t know how he could possibly be aware of that, they knew it was no laughing matter. Suishen Jiguang said, ”Let’s take him back.”

”Let’s go!” When it came to Tianming’s family, the two of them didn’t hesitate. Tianming immediately used Fiveway Blitzrun to travel at his full speed. The other two had wanted to flank him, but they found it hard to keep up.

”How’s that brat able to go so fast?!” Suishen Xiyue said, shocked.

”He’s always been that quick. I’m used to it.” Suishen Jiguang was used to all of Tianming’s ridiculous antics, but even she was impressed.

The three of them finally reached the Myriadpath Celestial Formation, which was relatively deserted. There was a sense of desolation all around. Though Tianming had arrived quickly, the twenty eminents had left fifteen minutes ago, which was enough time to do many things! Being just a little late would be enough for him to have lifelong regrets.

He immediately activated his myriadpath ring.

”Tianming, it’s the Skydome Mundus, right?” Suishen Jiguang said, the light of the formation shining on her.

”That’s right. Are the two of you coming too?” he said, surprised.

”Didn’t we say we’d guard you at all times? We can’t afford to be careless. House Yumo lost many eminents in a mundus just like that. We must be prepared at all times,” Suishen Xiyue said.

Since the two of them had made up their minds, there was no way Tianming could convince them to stay. He nodded and said, ”That’s right. It’s Skydome.”

He immediately activated the ring and vanished with the two women. I’ll be going all out once I get back. I hope they don’t get too frightened by what they see....

The truth behind the deaths of twenty Yumo eminents and the loss of the Hellfiend and Yumo Blood Crucible would soon be revealed. Suishen Jiguang and Suishen Xiyue had completely no idea about what would happen as they followed him back, and were in for a huge surprise.

They would witness the return of the Galactic Emperor.